A Radical Approach to Wastewater Model Builds – Saving Time and Money whilst Increasing Consistency

Qihang Pan (Mott MacDonald), Nathan Donald (Watercare Services Limited)

Building hydraulic models is time consuming and to date has required extensive manual data handling. Work is often repetitive as issues are identified in the model build process. In addition, a lack of consistency becomes apparent when multiple model builds are undertaken by different consultants, as each modeller has a different approach. Historically, modellers have looked for ways to automate repetitive processes that are time hungry and prone to error and whilst some progress has been made there has been a mismatch between aspiration and investment.